Mr Bancroft totally misconceived Mr Lincoln's character, in applying, "unsteadiness" & confusion to it [1]Mr Lincoln grew more steady & resolute, & his ideas were never confusedIf there were any changes in him after he got here, they were for the betterI thought him always master of his subjectHe was a much more self possessed man than I thoughtHe thought for himself, which is a rare quality nowadays. How could Bancroft Know anything about Lincoln, except as he judged of him as the public doHe never Saw him, & is himself as cold as an icicleI should never have selected an old Democratic politician, & that one from Mass &c to deliver an eulogy on Lincoln

Bancrofts strictures on France & England were in wretched taste, yea, cowardly, because the Foreign ministers had been especially invitedI guess Lord Palmerston Snubbed Bancroft when he was in England

The effect of Bancrofts Eulogy was felt to day, because the foreign ministers were invited to attend the memorial services in honor of Henry Winter Davis, & some of them replied that the treatment recd on the 12th forbid the acceptance of the invitation.